White Umbanda: secularization and/or cultural appropriation?
This article elucidates the institutionalization of the white Umbanda religion as secularization and cultural appropriation in the industrialization process in Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. In this sense, we will demonstrate that, from a historical point of view, Umbanda as a religiou...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2025 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) |
| Repositório: | Último Andar (Online) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/69978 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/ultimoandar/article/view/69978 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | apropriação quimbanda macumba Umbanda branca umbanda blanca apropiación umbanda branca appropriazione Umbanda blanche appropriation White umbanda |
| Resumo: | This article elucidates the institutionalization of the white Umbanda religion as secularization and cultural appropriation in the industrialization process in Brazil at the beginning of the 20th century. In this sense, we will demonstrate that, from a historical point of view, Umbanda as a religious practice is plural, defined based on a political dispute between groups that claim it as an ancestral cult and groups that claim it as a spiritist religion. This article also aims to demonstrate the fine line between cultural appropriation and the silencing of cults such as macumbas and quimbandas, highlighting the way in which aspects of the aforementioned spiritual systems were emptied and adapted to the interests of whiteness. |
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